| jocknroll | 29 Sep 2016 11:27 a.m. PST |
These grenadiers are now available to buy at our online store. A little bit of detail about the five different variants here link |
Gunfreak  | 29 Sep 2016 12:19 p.m. PST |
I had planned for my single battalion of swedish guards to be in tricorne. But maybe I should make them into grenadier battalion liv garden. Would be nice to have one swedish battalion that was "all musket" |
| Supercilius Maximus | 29 Sep 2016 1:57 p.m. PST |
Marvellous. What blue is used for the coats? |
| jocknroll | 29 Sep 2016 3:13 p.m. PST |
Black mixed with Night Blue
Add Prussian Blue and a little Luftwaffe Blue Grey
Add more Luftwaffe blue grey
Tone down with a blue black wash |
| Marcus Brutus | 29 Sep 2016 7:32 p.m. PST |
That seems a bit complicated jocknroll. The pictures I've seen show something around a royal blue or a bit darker. Take a look at Charles XII's uniform. link
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| jocknroll | 30 Sep 2016 1:43 a.m. PST |
he asked the question, I gave the answer – this is how I did it |
 BigRedBat  | 30 Sep 2016 1:54 a.m. PST |
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| Altefritz | 30 Sep 2016 5:30 a.m. PST |
By the way, according to Hoglund it seems that the mitre cap was mainly used by Varvade regiments in the Baltic garrisons. The Guards Grenadier battalion for instance had tricornes. Nevertheless the known mitre cap are simply beautiful and colorful. |
| jambo1 | 30 Sep 2016 10:13 a.m. PST |
Look really good, very tempted to start GNW and your range is building up very nicely. |
| RogerC | 30 Sep 2016 12:31 p.m. PST |
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| Supercilius Maximus | 01 Oct 2016 2:18 a.m. PST |
Thank you for the recipe – I was particularly wondering how you got the "greyness" into the blue whilst retaining the dark hue, obviously it was the Luftwaffe colour. |
| jocknroll | 01 Oct 2016 5:18 a.m. PST |
No probs. I guessed that's what you were after. I have seen with my own eyes the items of clothing above worn by Karl XII. I have also seen first hand soldiers coats of the period. Strong primary colours were the privilege of the very rich. The lads wore muted shades of low quality cloth. Hence my personal choice in painting |
| Daniel S | 01 Oct 2016 5:37 a.m. PST |
Muted shades of low quality cloth? Not in the Swedish army at least as long as they were able to avoid it. These are samples from 1701 or 1702 taken from the large purchases of good quality English cloth that the Swedish army made to provide uniforms. Experience had shown that using good cloth meant that the uniforms laste longer (particularly in peace time when they were not worn on a daily basis) and also kept the men healthier. Substandard material was only used when money or supplies were lacking.
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